Zak Failla

Zak! worked as a sports editor at the Shoshone News Press in northern Idaho and as a sports writer at the Ithaca Journal before making his way to The Daily Voice. A graduate of Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communication, he is a self-proclaimed cat and juggling enthusiast.

Zak Failla's Contributions

A Dutchess County mansion that was owned by a co-founder of Rolling Stone Magazine ranked near the top of a brand new list released of the most expensive properties sold in upstate New York last year.Jann Wenner’s 7,979-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bedroom mansion on Davis Lane in Tivoli sold in November for slightly less than $11 million. The mansion, which was built in 1994, was ...

Have you seen her?New York State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a wanted woman on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child and failing to appear in the City of Peekskill Court to respond to the charge.Lauren DeHaynes, 31, also found herself in hot water in northern Westchester last year, when she was taken into police custody ...

The late David Rockefeller’s 75-acre Pocantico Hills estate in Mount Pleasant was the priciest residential sale north of New York City in 2018, according to a brand-new report.Rockefeller’s 11,000-square-foot home in Westchester County sold for $33 million in March last year, after it was listed for $22 million in the fall of 2017. According to PropertyShark, which released the report, ...

Walking and driving in New York City may be getting safer, according to new statistics that found that traffic deaths are at their lowest number in a century.The New York Transportation Department reported that 196 people were killed in traffic accidents through Dec. 26 last year, an 11 percent decrease from 2017. The mark is the lowest in 100 years, according to the Wall Street ...

Two home caregivers tasked with taking care of a physically disabled person were arrested this week after allegedly endangering their patient’s welfare.New York State Police troopers in Kingston arrested Poughkeepsie residents LaCher Rhodes, 41, and Allysha Ebanks, 31, who were both charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, a felony.According ...

A weapon-wielding tractor-trailer driver from Connecticut is facing multiple charges after threatening a driver on I-87 in Rockland County with a knife and hammer, police said.New York State Police troopers were dispatched to I-87 in Clarkstown shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, where there was a report of a driver menacing another following a motor vehicle collision.Police ...

Where’s Mitch? Or, on Twitter @AOC, make that #WheresMitch.And it's becoming the Capitol building version of "Where’s Waldo?" for freshman New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been vocally outspoken against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as the federal government shutdown nears one month.Ocasio-Cortez took to social media this week, condemning McConnell and ...

The longest-on-record government shutdown may have had some unexpected consequences, as investigators were forced to delay the inquiry into whether Westchester resident Hillary Clinton attempted to evade public record laws with her use of a private email account.Earlier this month, a District Court judge agreed to Judicial Watch’s request to depose several individuals regarding the ...

Pet owners should double-check their cabinets as a dog food recall as been expanded for potentially toxic amounts of Vitamin D in the product.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded a recall of dry dog food products that have been making some pets sick. The recall comes following several complaints that dogs eating the food experienced vitamin D toxicity.According to the FDA, ...

Counterterrorism efforts may be getting an update and upgrade in New York, following new recommendations from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s counterterrorism advisory panel.After conducting a preliminary evaluation of the state’s counterterrorism assets, policies, and overall security posture, the panel offered several recommendations for New York. Those recommendations included increased ...